A rice and cash distribution by Gbenda Terver, Senior Special Assistant to Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia on Youth Organisations, has triggered a fresh debate over the relationship between youth welfare and political mobilisation in the state. Videos circulating online show Terver distributing 10kg bags of rice and ₦2,000 to young people in Otukpo. He…
Graphics circulating online comparing Nigeria’s prices in 2015 with current costs have renewed debate over the Nigeria cost of living under APC. The APC scorecard highlights dramatic increases in food, petrol and other household expenses, while also showing how the value of workers’ wages has changed. The comparisons are becoming politically important as Nigerians judge…
Nigeria’s public universities are again facing the possibility of disruption as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) threatens industrial action over unpaid salaries and the unresolved implementation of the 2025 agreement with the Federal Government. The latest warning is not happening in isolation. Across several universities, ASUU branches have already moved from complaints to…
The Nigerian Army redeployment in 2026 has placed a new senior commander at the centre of Nigeria’s fight against Boko Haram and other terrorist groups in the North-East. Major General I.A. Ajose has been appointed Theatre Commander of Joint Task Force North-East, Operation Hadin Kai, replacing Major General A.E. Abubakar. The change is part of…
The Robert Orya 490-year jail sentence has been upheld by the Court of Appeal in Abuja after the former Managing Director of Nigeria Export-Import Bank (NEXIM Bank) failed to overturn his conviction in a ₦2.4 billion fraud case. A three-member panel led by Justice Muhammed Danjuma unanimously dismissed Orya’s appeal on September 8, 2026, and…
The El-Rufai N10bn defamation suit threat has raised the stakes in a growing dispute between former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai and Defence Minister Christopher Musa. El-Rufai’s lawyers are demanding ₦10 billion in compensation and a public apology over statements Musa made during a September 3 appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today. However, the money…
Nigeria’s latest security incidents show a worrying pattern: the country’s security challenge is becoming increasingly spread across different regions and taking different forms. In Borno, suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP fighters attacked the convoy of APC governorship candidate Mustapha Gubio. In Sokoto, bandits killed five residents and injured three others, while residents also reported abductions and cattle…
The Federal Government has raised fresh concerns about NECO examination malpractice in Nigeria after Education Minister Tunji Alausa revealed that examination questions had allegedly been obtained and sold for as little as ₦3,000 before candidates sat for their papers. The disclosure has shifted attention away from students alone and towards the wider network that makes…
The House of Representatives’ PFIPC corruption probe has uncovered 58 bank accounts and 12 agencies or entities allegedly linked to Adeniyi Adeyemi, the disputed Director-General of the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council. The findings have shifted attention from one controversial appointment to a wider question: how did an organisation that lawmakers say was never…
FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has accused the governors of Imo and Kwara, Hope Uzodinma and AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, of working against him as political alliances take shape ahead of the 2027 elections. Wike made the allegations during a media chat in Port Harcourt, where he also repeated his support for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election. He said…
